Joseph knight



J. KNIGHT. COTTON BALE TIE.

Patented Feb. 12, 1867.

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JOSEPH KNIGHT, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO T. C. COLE IMPROYEMENT'IN COTTON-BALE Tm.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KNIGHT, of Louisville, in. the county of Jexterson, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful'ImproveInent in Cotton-Balef 'lij es; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enahlefiithers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingipart of this specification, in which i V Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hoop, asfastened with my improved tie around a bale.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3' is a view of the hoop with the tie on it,'-bef0retne bale is fastened.

Figure! is a broadside view of the tie, detached,

Figure 5 is a' cross-section, takeriontiie line kc :v,fig 4. v

- Similar letters of reference indicate, like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved device for fastening iron hoops or straps upon cotton andother similar bales, and consists in a flatloop of plate from made square at one end and diagonal at the other, through which the ends of the strap are passed; and the outside end is bent in a peculiar way on the diagonal side of the loop, and secured by slipping it under the body of the hoop above the loop. This tie is very simple and cheap, and is managed with great ease by the ordinary laborer, while it admits of, releasing the hoop on n. bale readily, and can housed again any number of times. Figs. 4 and 5 represent the tie A, made of thick sheet iron, out square across at one end, and diagonally at the other, with the edges a'a'turned over just enough to receive and hold two ends of the hoop to be use for baling. The ends of a hoop, when passed around a hale, are slipped through the loop A in opposite directions, and the inside end 6 is then bent over on the back side of the loop, as shown in fig. 3. The outside end, of the hoop b is then bent overwith a diagonal twist against the diagonal end of the loop-A, as shown in fig. 1; and then, by another diagonal bend against the side of the hoop itself, the end 5 is tucked under the body of the hoop, between it and the bale, where it tightens by the expansion of the bale, and holds all fast. This completes the operation of fastening the hoop on a cotton bale. To un fasten the hoop, it is only necessary to slip an ordinary bale-hook under the end 6, and draw it out from under the hoop A, when it readily comes apart.

Having described my invention and its application and use, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Forming a bale-tie loop A, with turned edges a a,. and one diagonal and one square end, arranged and applied for securing the ends of a 'hoop in the manner herein described.

JOSEPH KNIGHT. Witnesses:

J. D.,O'LEARY, J. M. CARROLL. 

